Janet Edgette

About Janet Edgette

Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy.D. is a psychologist and author practicing in the Philadelphia suburbs. Her most recent book is The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don’t Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood, which addresses the marginalization of boys who don’t conform to traditional male ideals. It offers parents, educators, counselors, and coaches a variety of ways in which to facilitate supportive environments for these boys, as well as ideas for how best to talk with them—candidly, constructively and inspiringly—about the myriad challenges they face. Janet’s book is dedicated to both Jake and her brother, Phil, whose closest connection to sports was his kick-ass baseball card collection. Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette

If we continue to think of bullying as primarily a schoolyard phenomenon, and overlook its seeding in the caustic repartee or controlling humor that dot our many different social dialogues, we will be blind to one of the ways in which our culture insidiously feeds intimidation and various plays of power.

If we continue to think of bullying as primarily a schoolyard phenomenon, and overlook its seeding in the caustic repartee or controlling humor that dot our many different social dialogues, we will be blind to one of the ways in which our culture insidiously feeds intimidation and various plays of power.